Louis goldfingek



Patented Nov. 22, |898.

L. GOLDFINGER.

F 0 B K lAppliuntion led Oct. 15, 1897.)

(No Model.)

NITED STATES irricne ArnNr FORK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 614,651, dated November 22, 1898.

Application iilefl October l5, 1897. Serial No, 655,311. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, LoUIs GoLDrINGER, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain meat or other object may be quickly and con-` veniently removed 'from the fork without using a knife, the device being simple in construction and effective in operation.

Vith the above object in view the invention consists of a block slidable upon the tines of the fork, a system of levers connected together to form what is known as lazy-tongs7 for the purpose of effecting the movement of said block, and a spring for holding the block normally in its retracted position.

The invention consists also in certain other details of construction, which will be hereinafter fully described in the specification and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a fork provided with my improvement applied thereto, showing the position of the parts preparatory to using the same, the position of the operators hand being illustrated. Fig. 2 is an elevation of my improved fork, illustrating the position of the parts after the object engaged by the fork has been forced therefrom. Fig. 3 is a detailperspective view of a portion of the stem of the fork, showing the operating ends of the lazytongs and the spring therefor. Fig. 4. is a transverse section through the stem of the fork at the pivotal connection of the lazytongs thereto. Fig. 5 is a detached perspective view of the spring.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,A is a serving-fork of ordinary construction,and B a hollow block having its front wall perforated to receive the tines of the fork, upon which it is movable longitudinally.

C is a system of levers connected together to form what is commonly known as lazytongs,77 one end thereof being pivotally connected to the sliding block. The lazy-tongs are pivotally mounted adjacent their opposite end upon the stem of the fork by the screw D,while the extremities of said lazy-tongs are provided with the circular plates E to receive the fingers of the operator.

F is a LJ -shaped spring having a central convolution through which the screw D passes to secure the spring in position, while the eX- tremities are attened and curved upwardly to engage opposite levers of the lazy-tongs, so that the block is held normally in engagement with the stem of the fork, as shown iu Fig. l. The block being hollow and having no inner side wall, it incloses the outer end of the stem of the fork, so as to be out of the way when not in use, and also presents a neat appearance.

In operating the fork is grasped by the user, as illustrated in Fig. l, and when it is desired to remove the meat or other article from the fork the lazy-tongs are operated by the thumb and foreinger, moving the sliding block outward and disengaging the article from the tines of the fork.

From the above description it will be seen that I have provided a very useful attachment for servingforks,whereby the meat or other article may be quickly removed therefrom without using a knife, and thus employing the other hand.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

The combination with a fork, of a block movable upon the tines thereof, lazy-tongs pivoted to the fork and engaging the block for vmoving the same, havingr circular plates E upon the extremities thereof and a U- shaped spring having the extremities engaging opposite levers of the lazy-tongs for the purpose of holding the block normally drawn inward, substantially as described.

n LOUIS GOLDFINGER.

Witnesses:

PHILIP KRIMKE,

SAMUEL COHEN. 

